Looking northerly along the Port Severn Road overpass towards the Severn
River bridge. Starting in 2015, the northbound Port Severn structures
will be replaced. Because of high volume of traffic that uses Highway
400 during peak periods, the southbound structure will be widened and will
permanently carry traffic in both directions. The existing northbound
structure and approaching highway alignment will be respectfully demolished
and abandoned.
Click here for this
same view taken in June, 2005.

Advanced signage for the northern Port Severn interchange. Before the
District Municipality of Muskoka was formed in the early 1970s, today's
Muskoka Road 5 was designated as Secondary Highway 501. Unlike most of
the other secondary highway numbers used within Muskoka and Haliburton, the
Highway 501 designation has never been recycled and used on another, newer
highway elsewhere in the province.
Photo taken: September 10th, 2012.

Two views looking northerly as Highway 400 crosses the McDonald River.
Unlike most of the more recent sections of highway twinning for the
construction of Highway 400, when Highway 69 was twinned in the 1990s across
the McDonald River bridge, the existing lanes of Highway 69 were not
extensively reconstructed as part of the project. Therefore, the 1950s
era box culvert that now carries the northbound lanes was not replaced with
a longer structure such as the one that was constructed during the 1990s for
the southbound lanes. This gives the highway a unique
highway geometry through the area.

This southerly view is from the South Gibson Lake Road overpass.
Compare the differing carriageway elevations. Through this
interchange, the northbound lanes of the freeway were once the original
Highway 69 carriageway.
Click here for this
same view taken in June, 2005.

Northbound view approaching the off-ramp to Muskoka Roads 32 and 38. For
several years after Highway 400 was extended to the Musquash River, the
divided highway met Muskoka Road 32 and 38 at an at-grad intersection.
The Muskoka Road 32/38 interchange encroaches Whata Mohawk Territory, and
the interchange could not be constructed until a legal arrangement had been
finalized between the MTO and the first nation.
Photo taken: September 26th, 2013.

This view of Highway 400 is taken between Muskoka Road 12
and The Iroquois Cranberry Growers Road. I find this view to be
interesting, as it appears the north and southbound lanes have differing
curve radii. Click here for this
same view taken in August, 2008.

View
looking northerly across the Moon River bridge from just south of Muskoka
Road 12. Before the freeway was constructed, a magnificent steel
through truss bridge stood at this site. The truss bridge was
demolished during the construction project that saw the highway widened to
four lanes. Click here for an
additional post construction view taken in August, 2008.

Surprisingly,
an overhead advanced sign was placed southbound for Muskoka Road 12.
This is the only overhead signage along the freeway between Barrie and Parry
Sound. Click here for an
alternate view of the same sign, taken: August, 2008.

Two views looking
southerly across the Moon River bridge from south of the Lake Joseph
Road interchange. The former Moon River truss bridge was demolished in
order to improve the highway's vertical geometry when the highway was was
widened to four lanes.

View looking southerly along the 400 from the Highway 69-South overpass.
Before the spring of 2008, Highway 400 narrowed from four to two lanes just beyond this
interchange.
Click here for this
same view taken in June, 2005.

Northbound signage approaching the northern Lake Joseph Road (former Highway
69) junction. In the upper photo, staff were removing the overlay that
showed this exit as being a portion of Highway 69. Before the Lake
Joseph diversion section of Highway 400 first opened to traffic, Exit #213
was originally signed as Seguin Road 69 and Rankin Lake Road. Shortly
before the highway opened to traffic, the signs were overlaid with Highway
69 crowns. Nearly a decade later, the Highway 69 crows are being
removed, and the former alignment of Highway 69 has been designated Lake
Joseph Road.

This view looks northerly towards the Rankin Lake Road
interchange from just north of Crane Lake Road. This image pre-dates
Highway 69's redesignation as the Lake Joseph Road. Click
here for this
same view taken in August, 2008.